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Poker Tournament Results
Latin American Poker Tour (LAPT)
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Karl Hevroy |
| 1 |
Karl Hevroy (Bergen, Norway) |
$283,500 |
| 2 |
Alejandro Arruaberrena (Bolivia) |
$155,420 |
| 3 |
Angel Guillen AKA "Boloban" (Mexico City, Mexico) |
$99,920 |
| 4 |
Ronald Wassiel (USA) |
$82,160 |
| 5 |
Oliver Rowe (Canada) |
$59,960 |
| 6 |
Waldemar Cogo (Brazil) |
$48,840 |
| 7 |
Bolivar Palacios AKA "Ramux, Rambo" (Santiago, Veraguas, Panama) |
$37,740 |
| 8 |
Magno Aragao (Brazil) |
$26,640 |
| 9 |
Andre Ventura (Brazil) |
$21,100 |
| 10 |
Rommel Prado (Uruguay) |
$18,320 |
| 11 |
Alejandro Bonanata (Uruguay) |
$18,320 |
| 12 |
Octavio Bernardini (Brazil) |
$18,320 |
| 13 |
Mario Salvagno (Uruguay) |
$15,540 |
| 14 |
Lisandro Gallo (Argentina) |
$15,540 |
| 15 |
Oscar Blanco Carrasco (Spain) |
$15,540 |
| 16 |
Felipe Ivar (Brazil) |
$12,760 |
| 17 |
Adolfo Vaeza |
$12,760 |
| 18 |
Simon Castro (Sweden) |
$11,380 |
| 19 |
Hernan Reyes (Venezuela) |
$11,380 |
| 20 |
Walter Arakaki (Brazil) |
$10,000 |
| 21 |
Ricardo Neto (Brazil) |
$10,000 |
| 22 |
Tiago Boita (Brazil) |
$10,000 |
| 23 |
Vialaret Ezequiel (Argentina) |
$10,000 |
| 24 |
Gabriel Loyo (Cordoba, Argentina) |
$10,000 |
| 25 |
Cesar Sanguinetti (Uruguay) |
$10,000 |
| 26 |
Alberto Font (Spain) |
$9,074 |
| 27 |
Helio Chreem (Brazil) |
$9,073 |
| 28 |
Geoff Swan (UK) |
$9,073 |
| 29 |
Ibuki Fukui (Avon, CO, USA) |
$7,220 |
| 30 |
Mauricio Zeman (Chile) |
$7,220 |
| 31 |
Edson Esquio (Brazil) |
$7,220 |
| 32 |
Alexander Fitzgerald (Bothell, WA, USA) |
$7,220 |
| 33 |
Jose Rosenkrantz (Miami, FL, USA) |
$7,220 |
| 34 |
Rodrigo Lasmar (Brazil) |
$7,220 |
| 35 |
Sidney Bertocci (Brazil) |
$7,220 |
| 36 |
Clemenceau Calixto (Curitiba, Brazil) |
$7,220 |
Tournament Report
20-Year-Old Norwegian Karl Hevroy Becomes First Scandinavian LAPT Champion
Winning Pokerstars LAPT Punta Del Este Title and USD$283,500
Punta Del Este, URUGUAY - March 20, 2009 - Taking time out from his political studies, 20-year-old student Karl Hevroy from Bergen, Norway has won one of South America's largest ever poker events. The star studded poker tournament, which attracted 327 players from across the world, and boasted the largest ever PokerStars LAPT prize pool at $1.1 million, took three days of intense competition to win and has netted the young poker player a cool USD$283,500.
The Uruguay stop of Season Two of the PokerStars LAPT featured one of the largest buy ins of the tour so far with players who hadn’t qualified online at PokerStars needing $3,700 to enter. The young Hevroy hadn’t even intended to play the event, but was persuaded to at the last moment by a group of Peruvian players he met at the PokerStars EPT Copenhagen, a decision that has reaped him incredible dividends.
The three-day event was held at the luxurious Mantra Resort and Casino in stunning Punta Del Este, Uruguay. Following 3 days of grueling play, Hevroy clinched the LAPT title on the very first hand of heads up play. On a board of 9-9-8 his opponent, Argentinian player Alejandro De Arruabarrena, over-committed himself with Q-J and was horrified to see Karl flip over 9-8 for the flopped nuts.
Despite a dominant final table performance Hevroy remains humble about his play. "I'm so happy, I don't feel like I know anything." Hevroy said of his win. "I had a few moments where I was in danger, and then I lock boxed my way out."
With 327 players in the main event in addition to more than 160 in the 2nd chance event on the second day, the LAPT has continued to firmly establish itself as the most successful tour in Latin America. "Season Two of the LAPT continues to bring larger fields, larger prize pools and more poker excitement than ever before to Latin America" said Glenn Cademartori, PokerStars LAPT President. "We have no doubt that our season finale in Mar del Plata next month will break all records in the region and set the bar even higher for all future Poker events in Latin America."
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